Short stories by Ursula Vernon.
Listing 4 stories.
An aging woman takes care of her grandson's latest infatuation: a mystical woman-rabbit creature trying to get home.
A young farmer receives a magic sword from his dying grandmother, but when the spirits within it try to train him in the warrior arts, they discover he lacks a hero's passion to battle the world's villains and have to reconsider their purpose.
In the land of fae beneath the earth, more than a half-dozen ex-lovers of one woman gather around a campfire to pine and tell stories about their passionate encounters with her.
A reclusive, self-sufficient grandmother discovers that her unnaturally delicious tomatoes are being stolen by the "cold-king," who has imprisoned a group of half-animal humans. She must use her magic shapeshifting powers to save the cursed creatures.